9 year old Escolar and Hubertus Schmidt showing top qualities for the future (video)
Enjoy this presentation from yesterday evening. Can´t wait to follow this combination into the Grand Prix sport.
KWPN Champion stallion 2018 by Governor / Rousseau (video)
Both KWPN reserve champion and no 5 owned by Helgstrand Dressage
Today´s reserve champion by Franklin / Jazz is owned by Helgstrand Dressage, and again Helgstrand purchased another top stallion at the KWPN licensing.
This time Helgstrand made his decision before the final Championship ring and purchased the very well moving Expression / Ferro / Goodtimes stallion. The stallion became 5th at the final championship ring.
Looking forward to see this top quality boy in Herning at Danish Warmblood licensing taking place from 7 - 11 March.
Governor sons with nice qualities and surprisingly Glamourdale / UB40 was not selected for 3rd round
4 stallions selected for championship ring:
357 - Dark Pleasure / Gribaldi - looks like a Champion
376 - Dream Boy / Kennedy
454 - Ferguson / Vivaldi
553 - Governor / Rousseau
No further participation for Glamourdale / UB40 stallion
The lack of lunging of the stallions might have been the reason why the big framed stallion by Glamourdale / UB40 was not selected.
Interesting to compare this licensing with the recent licensing in Munich where both a Fahrenheit and a Sezuan son were lacking some balance when showing them free, but as soon as they were shown by the lunging it was clear that they were both very nice balanced with good selfcarriage for the riding frame.
Today´s "winner" at the KWPN licensing is with pure German bloodlines
Super mover with top expression by Fürst Fohlenhof (Fidertanz/Mephistopheles ) x Lissaro van de Helle. Fürst Fohlenhof was NRW Premium stallion 2012 and Bundeschampion 2013.
Unfortunately KWPN does still not show their stallions by lunging which only gives you the impresssion from presentation free and by hand.
As this stallion is not Dutch bred he will not have access for the Championship ring.
Best KWPN boys from this mornings 2nd viewing
Lovely Dante Weltino Gelder stallion selected for 2nd viewing.
Two KWPN stallions showed something extra:
636 Fürst Fohlenhof / Lissaro van de Helle
357 Dark Pleasure / Gribaldi
Selected for 3rd viewing:
Two intensive KWPN days comes up - starting tomorrow at 8:00
Wednesday and today Thursday has been with the jumping stallions at Brabant Halle in s´Hertogenbosch, and tomorrow Friday and Saturday the dressage stallions will be in the spot light.
Friday
- From 8.00 to 14.30 presentation of stallions selected for 2nd round, with subsequent selected or not selected for 3rd round.
- 15.25 third round viewing of stallions.
- 17.25 presentation of 2017 licensed stallions.
- 18.15 final of stallion competitions.
- 21.35 clinic with Diederik van Silfhout with KWPN stallion Expression.
- 22.35 "Glock for Gold" - presentation of Glock´s Dream Boy and Glock´s Zonik.
Saturday
- From 8.00 to 12.55 presentation of stallions selected for 2nd round, with subsequent selected or not selected for 3rd round.
- 14.50 third round of viewing of stallions.
- 17.10 Championship licensing (stallions selected for premium ring)
- 17.40 KWPN Select Sale (auction)
- 20.30 Show
H2R will try to keep a sharp eye for the best stallions and of course catch up on the "best" selected from the 1st round.
See H2R favorites here below:
From the gelder stallions selected no 655 by Dante Weltino / Parcival shows extra power and suppleness, eventhough he is not with the most modern type.
KWPN stallions:
No 611 by Sezuan / Wynton - brings both format, suppleness and power.
No 326 by Bordeaux / Ferro - bit closed frame but showing lots of power of the ground.
No 380 by Dream Boy / Krack C - a lovely modern look with suppleness.
No 520 by Glamourdale / UB40 - big framed impressive stallion with power and suppleness.
No 357 by Dark Pleasure / Gribaldi - superb type, long legged, open frame active from behind.
No 358 by Dark Pleasure / Johnson - light footed, active from behind with nice strong top line.
No 545 by Ferguson / Vivaldi - big framed expressive uphill mover. Lovely open lines.
No 553 by Governor / Rousseau - top modern light mover with nice angle from behind.
No 558 by Governor / Johnson - natural mover, nice uphill frame, lack bit more stallion look.
No 627 by Wynton / Negro - beautiful type, very nice topline, and supple mover.
No 475 by Franklin / Sir Donnerhall I - modern lightfooted and well moving.
No 411 by Expression / Oscar, super modern, lightfooted, uphill frame, nice topline, supple mover.
No 414 by Expression / Ferro, supple mover, large frame, lack bit more stallion expression.
No 584 by Johnson / Münchhausen, very expressive with lovely stallion look, well moving.
No 385 by El Capone / Ferro, beautiful uphill frame, stallion look, supple sharp Ferro hind legs.
No 316 by Zack / Krack C, long legged uphill frame, nice topline, big frame.
No 534 by Glock´s Toto Jr / Ferro, showing much power of the ground, uphill frame.
Temaet for årets clinic til Hingstekåring i Herning med svenske Patrik Kittel - ALLE KAN LÆRE AT RIDE GRAND PRIX
Amsterdam - World Cup victory for Werth and Weihegold (video)
To dages træningssamling er i fuld gang på Blue Hors
Photo credit: Mikkel-m.com/H2R
Årets første samling er i fuld gang
Landstræner Nathalie zu-Sayn Wittgenstein og holdleder Helle Krasnik Trolle er i dag og i morgen på Blue Hors i Randbøl, hvor de har samlet en del af eliterytterne og deres heste.
Til samlingen denne gang er følgende ryttere repræsenteret:
Cathrine Dufour med 3 heste, Daniel Bachmann med 2 heste, Anna Zibrandtsen med 1 hest, Lotte Skjærbæk med 1 hest, Nanna Merrald med 1 hest og Allan Skov med 1 hest, sidstnævnte er med da Anna Kasprzak lige nu fornuftigt har valgt at prioritere lidt anderledes i forhold til sin graviditet.
De to dage på Blue Hors er reel træning af ekvipagerne fortæller Helle fra sidelinien. Nogle af ekvipagerne rider øvelser, mens andre rider løsgørende, og i det hele taget er dagene også et tjek på hvor de enkelte ekvipager er form mæssigt på vej ind i sæsonen.
Den danske brutto A-trup frem mod VM i Tryon vil komme til at bestå af 8 ekvipager
Flere af de andre nationer har allerede nu meldt ud omkring deres A-trup, og i løbet af kort tid vil landstræneren og holdlederen også komme med deres i første omgang 6 ekvipager frem mod årets store mesterskab i Tryon til september. Og som Helle Krasnik Trolle fortæller vil den liste bliver tilføjet med yderligere 2 ekvipager, så den samlede A-bruttotrup vil være på 8 ekvipager frem mod VM udtagelsen.
Fremtidige starter i udlandet
Lige nu ligger det fast at Daniel Bachmann og Blue Hors Zack gør klar til World Cup i Neumünster, mens Lotte Skjærbæk og Skovens Rafael er klar til CDI3 i Sopot i Polen (9-11 feb).
I skrivende stund arbejdes der på to ekstra pladser i den store CDI3 tur i Vestfold i Norge (19-22 feb), hvor Karin Nissen og Carina Cassøe Krüth allerede er på listen. Og så er det planen at Cathrine Dufour og Atterupgaards Cassidy skal ride World Cup afdelingen i Göteborg (21-25 feb), både for at samle point, men også i kampen om et evt. wildcard til World Cup finalen i Paris. Stævnet i Lier i Belgien (28 feb-4 marts) vil også blive med dansk deltagelse.
Det store internationale stævne i forbindelse med CDI-stævnet under hingstekåringen i Herning (7-11 marts), vil naturligvis bliver besat med det antal danske ekvipager som er muligt, slutte Helle Krasnik Trolle.
Atterupgaards Orthilia and Agnete Kirk Thinggaard ready for come back
Atterupgaards Orthilia and Agnete Kirk Thinggaard - Hagen 2017. Photo credit: Koen Gomes
In May 2017 Atterupgaards Orthilia substained an injury with a bad twisted fetlock from a paddock accident.
Now the 13-year old super mare has fully recovered and Agnete is looking very much forward to show her back at the competition. And at the same time Agnete also tells that she will of course just try to show Orthilia as easy as possible without any pressure, as she still needs her fully strength before asking for more.
Their come back is scheduled for the Danish national competition at Hedensted, taking place from 8 - 11 February where they will be at start in the Grand Prix.
End of November 2017 Agnete Kirk Thinggaard got the 9-year-old approved stallion Blue Hors Zatchmo by Zack / Donnerhall at her stables. He is former ridden and educated by Blue Hors rider Allan Grøn who showed Zatchmo successfully at small tour level, and at Blue Hors stallion show Allan also showed Zatchmo´s qualities for the big tour level. Agnete is very excited about Zatchmo and his qualities for the future, and will also bring him for the event at Hedensted to show him at small tour level.
Blue Hors rider Daniel Bachmann Andersen is also ready to show Blue Hors Don Olymbrio again after a long competition break, like Daniel is also ready to show the 8-year-old approved stallion Blue Hors Veneziano by Vivaldi / Donnerhall at Intermediare II level for the first time.
For Danish Anna Zibrandtsen it will also be a come back event at Hedensted, as she has not shown the now 13-year-old approved Oldenburger stallion Detroit since 2014 where he sustained an injury. Detroit and Anna will be ready for Intermediaire II.
Also Alibi D former international shown at Grand Prix by Sidsel Johansen is back at competition. He will now be shown at small tour level by Lotte Straarup.
See the entire start lists here.
Cathrine Dufour inviterer fans indenfor!
Bohemian og Cathrine Dufour - photo credit: Sanne Svendsen
Pressemeddelelse
Nu kan fans og andre dressur-interesserede komme helt tæt på Danmarksmesteren Cathrine Dufour som i februar starter ny medlemsklub.
Cathrine Dufour har lige siden hun var helt lille været bidt af en gal hest. I sin iver efter at blive verdens bedste dressurrytter, har hun altid holdt nøje øje med hvordan verdens bedste ryttere træner, spiser og sover. Da hun startede var det dog sparsomt med viden toprytterne delte ud af uden videre.
Det vil Cathrine Dufour nu lave om på og i den forbindelse lancerer hun nu sin helt egen medlemsklub. Klubben er ikke for de få udvalgte, men for alle fans og dressurnørder, der har lyst til at lære af Cathrines erfaringer.
Som medlem i DufourCLUB får man muligheden for at komme med helt ind i maskinrummet. De månedlige klubaftener byder på foredrag, rundtur på gården, gæsteoplæg og meet-and-greets. Medlemmer i den nystartede klub bliver ligeledes holdt opdaterede på de seneste nyheder fra Cathrines stald.
Cathrine udtaler: “Jeg vil gerne give de unge ryttere den hjælp og de værktøjer jeg gerne selv ville have haft på vejen op”
Ridesporten har altid været kendt for at være en sport hvor kun de aller rigeste har kunne nå til tops. Det forsøger Cathrine Dufour nu at ændre på og klubben er bare ét tiltag i en række af spændende projekter.
Daglig leder af DufourClub Josephine Hall udtaler: “Cathrine har i lang tid ønsket at give alle, uanset baggrund, muligheden for at nå toppen af international dressur. Det kræver den rette viden, noget der tidligere har været forbeholdt de velstillede der har haft råd til de “rigtige” trænere. Med den nye medlemsklub kan alle være med!”
Cathrine Dufour har redet og vundet utallige Danmarks og Europamesterskaber i dressur. I 2016 red hun OL for første gang. Nu udvider hun sin virksomhed med DufourClub for at give noget tilbage til andre dressurtalenter.
DufourClub åbner for tilmeldinger d. 1 februar. Som medlem af klubben får man eksklusive fordele som invitationer til klubaftener, events, preorders, særlige nyhedsmails, giveaways og rabat på merchandise.
Klubaftenerne bliver afholdt ca. en gang om måneden. Den første klubaften afholdes d. 26.02.18 på Grønagergård hvor Cathrine vil give tips og tricks til dressurtræning samt vise hvordan hun træner sin hest Bohemian.
Atterupgaards Cassidy og Cathrine Dufour - photo credit: Sanne Svendsen
FEI PRESS RELEASE - Germany’s Werth and Weihegold are awesome in Amsterdam
Glock’s Zonik shows so much promise for Dutch runner-up Edward Gal; Germany’s von Bredow-Werndl rockets up leaderboard when clinching third
Defending series champions, Germany’s Isabell Werth (48) and her magical mare Weihegold OLD, cruised to victory at the sixth leg of the FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2017/2018 Western European League in Amsterdam (NED) this afternoon. The dynamic duo floated through their Freestyle test to post 88.540, almost a full percentage point more than their winning score at the third leg of the series on home ground in Stuttgart in November.
The capacity crowd packed into the RAI Arena included stars of many other sports along with Dutch royal family member Princess Margarita, Countess of Colorno, who is a Board Member of the show organisation, Jumping Amsterdam. But it was the German Dressage queen who claimed centre stage when pinning the home side’s Edward Gal (47) with Glock’s Zonik into second, and her compatriot, Jessica von Bredow-Werndl (31), into third with Unee BB.
"Weihe was really fantastic today, I can’t describe the feeling of this power and collection, she’s like a metronome - we can do whatever we want! The atmosphere in the arena was electric so I had to be careful because she was very hot. She produced really magnificent piaffe/passage, but I stopped breathing in the collected walk because she was SO ready for the canter!"
Isabell Werth GER (1st)
Last to go she was chasing the super leading mark of 81.860 produced by Gal and his exciting young stallion who really settled to his job today. “It’s five weeks since we finished third at Olympia (London) and there is a visible improvement” said the man who claimed the FEI World Cup™ Dressage title in 2010 with the great Totilas. This was just the third Freestyle test for the 10-year-old Zonik. “He’s getting stronger and stronger and more motivated, suddenly we are making big steps forward and I have high hopes for him for the future!” he added.
As Werth rode into the arena, her compatriot Jessica von Bredow-Werndl was just leaving after posting an impressive 81.195 with Unee BB who couldn’t take his eyes off Weihegold. “The older he gets the more powerful he gets - I think he’s going through a second youth, he certainly had plenty of extra energy today!” said von Bredow-Werndl of her 17-year-old stallion. And today’s result has moved her up to second place on the Western European League leaderboard behind Sweden’s Patrik Kittel who once again wowed the crowds with a great performance from Deja to finish fourth.
As title defender Werth doesn’t earn points at the qualifiers but must compete in at least two legs of the Western European League with the horse she intends to take to the Final in Paris in April and with two in the bag, and both winning ones, with Weihegold she is now turning her attention to her back-up ride, Emilio who topped the line-up in Lyon in November. “Obviously Weihe is my first choice, but Emilio will go to the last two qualifiers in Gothenburg (SWE) and ’s-Hertogenbosch (NED)” she explained. She’s missing the next leg on home ground in Neumunster in three weeks’ time due to another commitment but she has her fourth FEI World Cup™ Dressage title clearly in her sights.
Asked today how she is feeling ahead of the 2018 Final which will take place in the French capital from 10 to 15 April she replied, “I’m happy but I never say I’m confident, that’s not my way. This is sport, you never know what’s going to happen so you always have to stay awake!”
Danish Warmblood stallion Glock´s Zonik N.O.P. and Edward Gal are on the road to Tryon and Rio (video)
Edward Gal and 10-year-old Danish Warmblood stallion Glock´s Zonik N.O.P. - photo credit: Gomes Media.
Isabell was ones again unbeatable with a well polished and sharp test together with Weihegold OLD, showing the high quality piaffe and passage tours.
But today´s absolute highlight without any doubt was Gal with his Danish Warmblood stallion Zonik. Today they showed a more safe and obedient test without any technical issues. Nice piaffe on the spot, with nice transition and expressive passage. Superb extensions and top class walk tour, super nice well balanced pirouettes. Nice series where you could wish for a bit more clear forward flow.
Can´t wait to follow this pair towards the next big Championships.
See the entire results here.
Some other H2R comments during the class:
Weihegold and Werth - so much experience bringing it into the arena EVERY single time. Small tension from walk before transition to canter - clear series today. Winner with 88.540%
Damsey and Helen were really strutting their stuff together - what a lovely pair. Super power and balance, superb frame, very little "work" up their for Helen today - easy aides all the way - pleasure to watch, just until the tongue suddenly became visual after the walk tour - what a pity - Helen retires, not much to do.
Deja and Kittel were dancing through their "Isn´t she lovely" freestyle. Swing, power and expression - every step suits the beat from Stevie Wonder (small error for 1 times series)
210.000 euros for Champion stallion at DSP stallion licensing - future ride for Isabell Werth (total list of prices)
Photo credit: DSP-Hengsttage München
H2R top price favorite became Champion stallion 2018 at the licensing in Munich today and also sold for the highest price 210.000 euros til Landgestüt Neustadt-Dosse, and will be under Isabell Werth for the future.
2nd most expensive became the beautiful, expressive and powerful Fürstenball / Stedinger son, sold for 150.000 euros to Austrian top rider Max-Theurer.
Daniel og Zack viste en super flot kür i dag i Amsterdam (video)
Daniel Bachmann Andersen og Blue Hors Zack - photo credit: Koen Gomes
Svært at avancere væsentligt i et World Cup felt over de to konkurrencedage
Tavlen var tydeligt vasket ren i dag hos Daniel og Zack da de entrerede dagens kür - de havde rystet gårsdagen knap så gode Grand Prix af sig, og var klar til dagens udfordring.
Vigtige 77,225% for den danske ekvipage i dagens World Cup kür og en slut placering i det skarpe felt som nr. 9. Flydende og udtryksfuld tur med kun en lille uoverensstemmelse efter Daniel vender fra midten i trav hvor Zack i et splitsekund springer i galop.
Både passage og piaffe turene var meget mere naturlige og uden spændinger i dag. Efter gårsdagens Grand Prix fik man indtrykket af at Daniel måske var igang med at forbedre passagen, og det kostede desværre lidt i både sikkerheden og piaffen. Det var tydeligt at at Zack satte sig mere ind og viste mere udtryk i passage end han umiddelbart kunne magte sammen med piaffen. Og som Daniel fortalte efterfølgende er planen at udvikle selve passagen med endnu mere udtryk, så processen giver naturligt lidt usikkerhed hos Zack - et "pres" som tydeligt og fornuftigt var reduceret til dagens kür og dermed et mere harmonisk og velbalanceret billede.
Efter dagens ridt var Daniel Bachmann klar til et kort interview med hollandske Clipmyhorse (Dirk Willem Rosie)
Her kunne Daniel give Dirk ret i, at dagens kür var væsentlig bedre end gårsdagens Grand Prix, og forklarede at han ikke rigtig havde Zack foran sig i går, og den taktik var naturligvis forsøgt ændret til dagens klasse i samråd med træner Lars Petersen som var med på sidelinien - og lykkedes super godt.
På spørgsmålet omkring Zack og hans succesfulde afkom, var Daniel naturligvis stolt over at han kunne ride Zack i samme klasse som Zack sønnen den 10-årige Glock´s Zonik N.O.P. (Nederlands Olympisch Paard, en betegnelse fortæller at hesten er "støttet" frem mod OL i Tokyo).
Næste stop for Daniel og Zack er Neumünster
Neumünster, Göteborg og s´Hertogenbosch er de tre sidste World Cup afdelinger, og lige nu er Daniel og Zack nr. 7 på listen, hvilket betyder at de lige nu har en plads i finalen i Lyon. Men det er klart at alle konkurrenterne både foran og bagved også forsøger at kæmpe sig til en finaleplads, så der er selvfølgelig vigtigt at samle endnu flere point for at være sikker på finalen.
Ekvipagen vil derfor også være til at finde på startlisten til World Cup stævnet i Neumünster fra 12. - 15. februar.
DSP Premium stallions
Verdades (79,630%) vs Weihegold (80,217%) in CDI-W Grand Prix (videos)
Watch the entire World Cup Grand Prix class from Amsterdam today
You can find the start list here to find the combination/s you want to watch.